Inkstand.



F. A. WEEKS.

INKSTAND.

- APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 19H. 1 372,585. Patented July 16, 1918.

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INKS'I'AN'D.

' Specificationof Letters 1atent. Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed April 9, 1917. Serial No. 160,636.

To all whom it may concern: w 7

Be it known that I, FRANK A. VVnnKs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains to the class of inkstands comprising a glass base containing the inkwell and a removable composition cover therefor having a hingedmember by means of which. the dip-opening for the pen may be opened or closed. The invention resides more particularly in a novel construction of the molded composition cover for the inkwell, and said cover comprises a body portion having at its forward, end a dipopening and guidefor the pen, and a hinged lid therefor to be opened and; closed, as occasion may require, said lidbeingseoured to said body-portion in a novel manner by which the pintle of the hinge is concealed and therefore not permitted to mar the finish of the cover or inkstand as a whole. The inkstand of my invention is of durable and attractive character and quite convenient in use, and 'the same will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of an inkstand embodying my invention; 1 r

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the same taken on the dotted line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view, on a smaller scale, of the glass base of the inkstand, the'cover therefor being omitted;

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the cover, the inkstand;

Fig. 5-is a perspective view of the inkstand-cover, less the hinged lid for the dipopening, and a 3 Fig. 6- is a perspective view of the two partsof the hinged dip-opening cover-portions separated from each other but ready to be assembled on opposite sides of the wire held by theymaincover-portio'n and serving as a pintle for hinging said parts together;

In the drawings, 10 designates the glass base, and 11 the cover therefor having a for ward hingedlid'12 for a dip-opening 13.

The base 10 contains an elongated inkwell 14 and, for. convenience, is preferably formed with a pen-groove or rack 15. The base 10 slab, and t pposite si es for in positioning prevent forward sliding movement of said 4 cover 11 and of the inkwell 14 is formed with raised parallelribs 16, which serve to position the cover 11 while at the same time permitting said cover to be lifted from the base 10 whenever the well 14 requires replenishing with ink.

The cover 11 comprises a body-portion 17 and said hinged lid 12, and said body-portion has a raised central and rear portion 18 and a lower fiat front section 19, at the rear of whichare vertical shoulders 20 and which section containsa combined dip-opening and downwardly extending annular conical penguide 21 leading to the forward end of the well 14. The pen-guide 21 enters the upper end of the well 14 and at its front edge engages the forward wall of the well to aid the cover on the base 10 and cover. At its lower side the cover 11 is formed along its edges with a downwardly extending flange 22 which engages the top of the base 10 and encompasses a raised portion 23 whose opposite sides fit on the ribs 16 of the base 10, which ribs lie directly at the inner facing longitudinal sides of the flange 22. The ends of the rear transverse member of the flange 22 are in rear of the rear ends of the ribs 16, and at the front ends of said: ribs 16'the flange 22 isconfigurated to create shoulders 24 adapted to engage said front ends ofsaid ribs and cooperate therewith as stops in preventing rearwardly slldlng movement of the cover. Within the inner outline defined by the raised portion 23 at the bottom of the cover 11 is a further raised section 25, which is below the outer raised central and rear portion 18 and to an extent hollows out the same. The portion 18 of the cover is recessed at the central 1 portion of its front edge,'as at 26, and between the side walls of this recess extends a wire pintle 27, whose end portions are embedded in the material of the cover 11 durmg the molding of said cover and therefore concealed, the ends of said wire pintle or ing movements of said lid.

The lid 12 follows the general outline of the front portion of the main body of the it i ad p l e P Q the flat surface 19 of said body and lie-turned upwardly, When desired, to expose the d-i-p-v opening and pen-guide 2L The'lid 12 is hinged upon the Wire rod or pintle 27, and

said lid has a re-arwardly extending tongue p0r-tiong29 which'is-adapted'to fit \v1thin'the recess 26 ofthe main cover-portion, as shown in Fig. 1, and has in its-lower side'a-groove 30 to rest upon and encompass the main 'body-oftheflvire rod 'or'pintle .27, "as shown more clearly in Fig. 2. The'lid'l2-is'secur'ed 'upon the rod -or pint1e'27 by a supplemental composition block 31, which whentheton'gue '29 is placed upon-therod-or pintle'fQ'Z is-icevInented against the inner face of said-tongue thereby'permanently hinging thelid 12. Td aid in effectually securing the block 311 against "the inner face-"of theton'gu'e 29,1

outline of formsaid block With projections '32and-tl1e tongue '29 With recesses '33 to receive-said projections 32, as shown i n Fig. 6. "The manner "of securing the lid 12 upon the rod or pintle 27 "just herei iibe'fore -.d'e'scribed gperm'its i'ne to m ake the maimbody of the cover l linon'e piece andco'nceal the ends of the rod-or pintle 27 Within the composition-of the cover. Ateachside of thetongue29 the r'ear edges of the lid 12 are, '\vhe11='t11-'e 'lid is in closed position, adapted to --'fit snugly against the shoulders 20. 'The undercut '28 at the rea'rend of'the recess in'theeover 11 permits or -the convenient ope'ning and closing of "the lid 12, "the rear end of "th'e tongue,29-'turningdovvnvvard1y into said un- -dercutportion 'during the opening-of the lid '12 and ascending up 'through the -s'a'me during the 'closingof said lid. "Wvhenthe lid 1 2 is in closed position it covers the forvvard flat portion 19 of-the cover and a't'its outer surface =harmoni'zes With the other "portions oflthec'over so as "to present an article isfneat in appearance "as Well as *of ipraotic'al utility.

The invention pertains more particularly to "the cover portion of the ink-stand,=and the *the glass base "10 may vary, at Will. I 7

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure b'y Letters-"Patent, is:

1. An inkstandcomprising -a :base *containing'a'n iIikW-e'll and-a cover mounted on said base and covering said in'kivel l and having a raised rear portion and a depressed Lfor- 'i'vard portion above the front *end df said ink'well and containing a pen-opening, a nd saidicover all'so havingpv'er its for'vvarddepressed portion a' hi'n'gedilid Wlhose edges follow the general outline 02E the drontportionof the'main bodyof'the cover and Whose upper surface Efollows the :general outline of the raised rear portion of said vcover, and

which lid is adapted :to {lie upon the depressed forward portion o'f said bod y and '2. An instand'comprising a base contain- .inganinkwell, a cover mounted on said base Land covering saidinkavell and having a for- Ward depressed portion containing a penopening and rearWardly thereof a raised portion recessed in its front edge, a pintle crossingzsaid recess, and a lid hinged on said pintle and adapted to rest; upon'said 'depressed'portion'of the cover and close said opening.

3. Aninkstand comprising a" basecontaining an inkvvel'h'acover mountedon said'base and covering said inkWel-l anddfav'inga for- Ward depressed portion containing a {pen- 0. aenin k and rearwardl' thereof a raised?- portion "recessed in "its frontedge, a pin'tle crossing said .'16CBSS,- a1Id a lid adapted to r'est npon said depressed portion oi the "cover and chase said opening, said 11d having tongue within *said recess and --hinged on said pintl'e and a supplemental block secured "thereto and Lerossing said pintle on the side the'reo f-opposite to thebody oFthe "tongueywherby said did is securely co n- -11iac'ted with the pintle; I i 4. An inks'tand coin prisingma base conmining-an iii'kwellya eover mountedon said base and "cover'ing said semen and hjaving a forward depr'efssed jpo'rtion centaining-a sides ofsaiwwngue w match-seidshoulders.

5, iiikstand comprising a base-eontaining an inkwell, a cover ineunt'ed on said ba'se eoverrng sa'id mk wen and having a forwardflepressed portioncoiitairiing;a -pen- I opening and rearwardliy thereof raised portion recessed "its front edge and pre- =senting shonlders atopposite sides cf said recess, a pintle crossing "said recess and at its ends embedded within the material of said cover, and a lid hinged on saiid pi-Iitle and adapted te rest upoh 'said -'depressed *portion of the mover and c'lose said opening, said lid having a tongue adapted to said recess and pintle and gptirtions at opposite -sides tit'said'toirgue to matteh said shoulders,

a d the connection of the lid to :said pintle being by an'eans of a groove in said it'o'ngue aeceiving ==said pintle and =a supplemental block 'secured to -said tongue and orossing :said ipintle at- :the side thereof opposite to *the bodw of saiditongue; g

An inkstand comprising a base contailll l l'l g Pan inlrwell :and a' cover :mounted on said ibasennd covering said ink'we'll and :hav- Inga raised rear-port on andia'ydepress'ed earward porticn abcverthe firontendmr said inkWell and containing a pen-opening and having a pen-guide extending downwardly from said opening into the Well, and said cover also having over its forward depressed portion a hinged lid Whose edges follow the general outline of the front portion of the main body of the cover and Whose upper surface follows the general outline of the raised rear portion of said cover, and which lid is adapted to lie upon the depressed forward portion of said body and over said pen-opening.

7. An inkstand comprising a base containing an inkWell, a cover mounted on said base over said inkWell, and a lid hinged to said cover for closing the pen-opening to said Well, said cover having a recess in its five cents each, by addressing forward portion, and a pintle crossing said recess, and said lid having a tongue Within said recess mounted on said pintle and a supplemental block secured thereto and crossing said pintle on the side thereof opposite to the body of the tongue, whereby the lid is securely connected with said pintle and the end portions of the pintle are concealed.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this (ith day of April, A. D. 1917.

FRANK A. WEEKS.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL.

the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

